A man and a woman who had allegedly been selling methamphetamine were arrested Wednesday night in the parking lot of Dani’s Sports Bar on State Road 44 in Wildwood.
The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office received a call at about 10 p.m. with a tip about the illicit drug activity. Deputies went to check it out and found 21-year-old Steven Alexander Johnson and 30-year-old Roxanna Graciell Reed in a Honda van.
Reed was at the wheel of the vehicle, which was bearing the registration that belonged to a silver Cadillac. Reed told deputies she purchased the vehicle approximately three months ago and was waiting for tax return money to register the vehicle.
When a deputy approached the passenger side of the vehicle, Johnson would only roll down the window one-quarter of the way. Johnson appeared to have been concealing something in the glove compartment, which turned out to be a bag containing methamphetamine. He then resisted deputies who tried to handcuff him.
The bartender at Dani’s said she knows Reed and Johnson are “regulars” at the Citgo gas station next to the bar. The bartender said Reed told her she was broke and asked if the bartender would buy her a drink. The bartender told Reed she had no money to buy her a drink so Reed asked her if she could help her make some money. The bartender asked Reed how she could help, when Reed asked if she could help her sell meth or if she knew anybody who wanted to buy meth, according to the arrest report. Johnson was present with Reed and the bartender as they were engaged in conversation. The bartender told the bar’s owner about the pair selling drugs. The owner then called the sheriff’s office.
Johnson and Reed were arrested on felony charges of possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell. Both were booked at the Sumter County Detention Center.
